An item most rare you say?

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03-05-2016, 07:41 AM
MilesSaintboroguh

An item most rare you say?

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1500/...6dec40fb_o.jpg

Yeah that materia with +9 fire resistance is quite rare...
03-05-2016, 07:47 AM
MagiusNecros

Why does Elemental Resistance Materia exist again since that resistance actually means all of nothing? Honest question.
03-05-2016, 07:53 AM
Culfinrandir

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Originally Posted by MagiusNecros

Why does Elemental Resistance Materia exist again since that resistance actually means all of nothing? Honest question.

They forgot to remove it when they changed from 1.x to 2.x.
03-05-2016, 07:57 AM
TouchandFeel

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Originally Posted by MagiusNecros

Why does Elemental Resistance Materia exist again since that resistance actually means all of nothing? Honest question.

It's there so your retainers can bring something back other than fish and it still be utterly worthless.
03-05-2016, 07:59 AM
MilesSaintboroguh

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Originally Posted by TouchandFeel

It's there so your retainers can bring something back other than fish and it still be utterly worthless.

Now with RARE FISH! I mean materia.
03-05-2016, 08:55 AM
marewa

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, Or retainer Fantasia - An item most rare. Goes to sell it on MB, 100 items at 1 gil each.
03-05-2016, 08:59 AM
Rawrz

I had someone buy a 220 jewel from me and go to her retainer a few days ago. "EWWW my retainers suck. <Earth Materia V>
I suggested she take it to mutamix with 4 IV materia. "I don't have the money to buy those." I give her some. Bam that Earth 5 became a Craftsmanship V and made her over 3 million gil.
03-05-2016, 09:17 AM
MagiusNecros

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Originally Posted by Rawrz

I had someone buy a 220 jewel from me and go to her retainer a few days ago. "EWWW my retainers suck. <Earth Materia V>
I suggested she take it to mutamix with 4 IV materia. "I don't have the money to buy those." I give her some. Bam that Earth 5 became a Craftsmanship V and made her over 3 million gil.

Oh ho. I think we know why the Elemental Materia exists now.
03-05-2016, 09:34 AM
Rawrz

They are an rng barrier.
03-05-2016, 09:42 AM
Naraku_Diabolos

Wait, Mutamix can give you Materia in replacement of the elemental ones?
03-05-2016, 09:44 AM
Ashkendor

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Originally Posted by Naraku_Diabolos

Wait, Mutamix can give you Materia in replacement of the elemental ones?

You've never transmuted materia? You trade 5 random materia for 1 random materia.
03-05-2016, 09:49 AM
Naraku_Diabolos

No I haven't transmuted any. I tend to stockpile my Materia in my retainer. Lol. I threw away the elemental ones, but now I will have a reason to save them now that I know this.
03-05-2016, 11:59 AM
Kosmos992k

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Originally Posted by MagiusNecros

Why does Elemental Resistance Materia exist again since that resistance actually means all of nothing? Honest question.

Back in the day, when Titan Hard mode was still...hard. there was a poster who melded an ungodly amount of Earth materia on thier accessories, apparently it did significantly reduce the earth based damage Titan could dish out. So, actually it does still mean something, it's just very minor and you need an ungodly amount to makeva difference. I'm sure we can all think of better melds... :)
03-05-2016, 12:15 PM
Jim_Berry

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Originally Posted by Kosmos992k

Back in the day, when Titan Hard mode was still...hard. there was a poster who melded an ungodly amount of Earth materia on thier accessories, apparently it did significantly reduce the earth based damage Titan could dish out. So, actually it does still mean something, it's just very minor and you need an ungodly amount to makeva difference. I'm sure we can all think of better melds... :)

Funny you say that, because back when Ifrit was a brick wall for me as WHM, I used my Fantasia just to change my Guardian to Azeyma as well as sold as much of my items and gear as possible to so I can crafted gear and put Fire Resists melds on it. Not sure if it was a mental thing or if it actually worked, but one wipe later, I had no more issues with Ifrit.

To this day, I still have Azeyma as my Guardian.
03-05-2016, 12:16 PM
Canadane

Now that we can meld raid gear, it would be nice to give elemental resistances a little more oomph.
But as it is, Mutamix won't give you back any type of materia you give him, so it helps fill the spaces up to get something nice.
03-05-2016, 12:47 PM
MilesSaintboroguh

Maybe the elemental materia could also give a secondary effect, like also boosting resistance to debuffs associated with that element. Example; fire materia gives fire elemental resistance and makes you more resistant to the Burn status.
03-05-2016, 01:10 PM
Spawnie

hell last 30 attempts on quick venture my retainers must be robbing corpses in frontlines i swear... nothin but untradable blue ranked gear lol
03-05-2016, 01:45 PM
SuperZay

Still better than Pastel Pink dyes.
03-05-2016, 02:09 PM
Kotemon

Use the disposable materia for the weekly challenge of melding 5 materia if you're still grinding crafting. Or just RNG with the goblin for something good or useful.

If anything they should have looked for a way to incorporate Elemental stats into crafting instead. Make some of those abilities more useful and conserve crystals.
03-05-2016, 04:57 PM
Lemuria

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Originally Posted by Rawrz

I had someone buy a 220 jewel from me and go to her retainer a few days ago. "EWWW my retainers suck. <Earth Materia V>
I suggested she take it to mutamix with 4 IV materia. "I don't have the money to buy those." I give her some. Bam that Earth 5 became a Craftsmanship V and made her over 3 million gil.

Sadly, that's the exception rather than the rule. Most times you'll get a tier 3 materia at best. If you're lucky you'll get a tier 4. Trying to get a tier 5 materia through Mutamix is like trying to spear a fish with a toothpick while suffering from caffeine jitters.
03-05-2016, 05:09 PM
Ashkendor

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Originally Posted by Lemuria

Sadly, that's the exception rather than the rule. Most times you'll get a tier 3 materia at best. If you're lucky you'll get a tier 4. Trying to get a tier 5 materia through Mutamix is like trying to spear a fish with a toothpick while suffering from caffeine jitters.

If you give him 4 tier IV's and a tier V you can't end up with anything lower than a tier IV.
03-05-2016, 06:26 PM
Rawrz

Tonight, someone slipped up or didn't know and put up a Fire V for 10k. I bought it and threw it in with 4 grade IV materias.

BOOM.

Ice V.

Put that back in with more IV materias.

CUTSCENE.BOOOOOM.

ACC V :3 fpr 10k + the junk materias I had around.
03-06-2016, 04:38 AM
SuperZay

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Originally Posted by Lemuria

Sadly, that's the exception rather than the rule. Most times you'll get a tier 3 materia at best. If you're lucky you'll get a tier 4. Trying to get a tier 5 materia through Mutamix is like trying to spear a fish with a toothpick while suffering from caffeine jitters.

You can't get tier 3 if you give him five tier 4. It'll always be tier 4 or tier 5, and convertion rates to 5 were significally buffed as stated in 3.2 patch notes.
You can get tier 3 only if you give him one tier 3 and four tier 4, it considers lowest materia as a base for conversion and possible tier upgrade.
03-06-2016, 04:42 AM
Kosmos992k

So far my main two retainers have each done something I have never attempted, because both have brought home a Kingly Whisker...6 months between the gifts. I love my girls, they're awesome.
03-06-2016, 06:07 AM
Remus

My retainers are ilvl 211 and they both just bring ilvl 46 stuff and trash :/
03-06-2016, 06:44 AM
marewa

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Originally Posted by Remus

My retainers are ilvl 211 and they both just bring ilvl 46 stuff and trash :/

Which is why i don't really bother gearing them in high level stuff.
03-06-2016, 07:13 AM
Felis

I wish my retainers would bring me materia V